E3 has come early for White Knight Chronicles fans

by Jem Alexander { May 28th 2009 at 6:30PM }

Sony just can't wait any longer to show you its White Knight Chronicles E3 trailer, so instead of sitting around impatiently, twiddling thumbs, the company decided to release it today. You can find it after the break. Sure, you may have seen a lot of White Knight Chronicles trailers in your time, with some even dating back to TGS 2006, but this one is special. This one's in English.

There's nothing like seeing an English trailer to make you realise that, yes, this game is coming soon. We've been after this game for so long now that we almost gave up hope, but White Knight Chronicles -- complete with online co-op and hopefully voice chat support will be with us this year. Hopefully we'll hear a more concrete release at E3 next week.

Tags: white-knight-chronicles

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

-Jad- @ May 28th 2009 6:43PM

Now what I need... a release date ASAP!

Letters2Kay @ May 28th 2009 6:44PM

Why is the whole internet spelling 'realize' (and many other words that should have a 'z' in them) with an 's' these days? I really want to know what that's all about. Is it a European thing, or what??

MaliceMajorE15 @ May 28th 2009 6:59PM

well in england we use an s in realise because its the correct way to spell it. its our language after all. we also spell colour correctly, with a U. i think its amazing how the spellings have changed on the other side of the pond

lol at the main characters name leonard btw. wasnt expecting that.

Ashitaka @ May 28th 2009 7:04PM

s -> british english (original language)
z -> american english

Letters2Kay @ May 28th 2009 7:08PM

Thank you, I was very curious. Seems to be crossing over, for some reason. It just looks wrong to me, but that's how I was taught. At least it's proper somewhere! ;)

re⋅al⋅ize /ˈriəˌlaɪz/ [ree-uh-lahyz] IPA verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
–verb (used with object) 1. to grasp or understand clearly.
2. to make real; give reality to (a hope, fear, plan, etc.).
3. to bring vividly to the mind.
4. to convert into cash or money: to realize securities.
5. to obtain as a profit or income for oneself by trade, labor, or investment.
6. to bring as proceeds, as from a sale: The goods realized $1000.
7. Music. to sight-read on a keyboard instrument or write out in notation the full harmony and ornamentation indicated by (a figured bass).
8. Linguistics. to serve as an instance, representation, or embodiment of (an abstract linguistic element or category): In “Jack tripped,” the subject is realized by “Jack,” the predicate by “tripped,” and the past tense by “-ed.”

–verb (used without object) 9. to convert property or goods into cash or money.

>>>>>>>>Also, especially British, re⋅al⋅ise.

Letters2Kay @ May 28th 2009 7:11PM

Thank you, I was curious about that. It seems to be crossing over for some reason. It looks wrong to me, but that's just how I was taught... :)

re⋅al⋅ize Pronunciation [ree-uh-lahyz] IPA verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
–verb (used with object) 1. to grasp or understand clearly.
2. to make real; give reality to (a hope, fear, plan, etc.).
3. to bring vividly to the mind.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Also, especially British, re⋅al⋅ise.

Ashitaka @ May 28th 2009 7:44PM

Since this is question time, I'm gonna take the chance and ask one too.

Am I the only one who sometimes can't post on Joystiq? I always check if my account username and password are correct (and they are!) but I still CAN'T POST.

Let me give an example:

I can't post here:
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/27/why-blur-can-damage-its-cars/2#thankYou

Everytime I try to, I get this f*ing annoying message:

"You did it!

An e-mail has been sent to confirm your e-mail address, as well as a password for you to use if you comment regularly. Click on the link within the e-mail to activate your comment and password!"

BUT I ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT.

And again, I tried posting this, but I GOT THE SAME MESSAGE.

Let's see if I can post this by replying to someone.

Tim @ May 28th 2009 8:26PM

MaliceMajorE15:

Actually, "realize" is not an Americanism. If you have access to the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) try looking it up. The "-ize" spelling goes back to 1611. The OED's earliest citation for the "-ise" spelling is not until 1755. (The OED actually refused to even list the "-ise" variants of these sorts of words for years, and still considers it incorrect for any word of Greek origin.)

It's important to recognize (or recognise, if you prefer) the fact that English spelling has never been consistent, on either side of the Atlantic. Words have changed spellings in both the UK and US. The wikipedia article on the topic is quite interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences

Monte @ May 28th 2009 7:02PM

i hope this still has the japenese soundtrack, i loved it in the japanese trailers

MaliceMajorE15 @ May 28th 2009 7:03PM

i hope this still has the japenese soundtrack, i loved it in the japanese trailers

wocyob @ May 28th 2009 7:09PM

ugh cant wait... need RPG asap

Nate @ May 28th 2009 7:49PM

I'm both excited and unimpressed, if that makes sense. the graphics look less than I would expect, but knowing it's nearing release and how awesome the game is going to be, I'm pumped.

btw, american english is really rough around the edges, but we take so many words from so many languages, it's bound to happen. maybe in a few hundred years it'll start making sense (or we'll speak spanish over here...).

Whoops, that's a video of the older battle system. Here's a newer video. Sorry about that.

This game has a lot of commands and options, plus free online play. This will be a really cool RPG to play with friends, I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bRFoEumf1U&feature=related&fmt=18